Telecommunications portal capable of interpreting messages from an external device

In a telecommunications system, a processing module in communication with an external communication device, said processing module comprising

• one or more message handling objects that receive message fragments from one or more external devices, said message handling objects assembling said message fragments to discern one or more events and to form one or more messages such that each message is associated with at least one of the events, and
• a dispatcher in communication with said message handling objects, said dispatcher invoking at least one process that dynamically binds to a processing context defining an action to be executed in response to at least one of said events for providing a communication service identified by the message associated with said event.

In a telecommunications system, a processing module in communication with an external communication device, said processing module comprising

• a message handling object created as an application program that exchanges messages with the external device, said message handling object forming a message associated with an event communicated thereto by a processing context within the system and transmitting said message to the communication device, said message handling object further discerning an event and forming a message associated with said event from selected ones of a plurality of message fragments received from the device, and
• a dispatcher that exchanges events and their associated messages between selected processing contexts and said message handling object to effectuate activation of selected communications services defined by said messages.

In a telecommunications system, a method for providing a communication service to a subscriber, the method comprising the steps of

• receiving a plurality of message fragments from one or more external devices,
• assembling said message fragments to discern one or more events and to form one or more messages such that each message is associated with at least one of the events, and
• invoking at least one process that dynamically binds to a processing context defining an action to be executed in response to at least one of said events for providing a communication service identified by the message associated with said event.

In a telecommunications system, a method for providing a communication service to a subscriber, the method comprising the steps of:

• providing an application program that exchanges messages with an external communication device, said application program forming a message associated with an event communicated thereto by a processing context within the system and transmitting said message to the communication device, said application program farther discerning an event and forming a message associated with said event from selected one of a plurality of message fragments received from the device, and
• exchanging events and their associated messages between selected processing contexts and said application program to effectuate activation of selected communications services defined by said message.